Diocesan Resources
Making a Case for Marriage: Thinking About Divorce? Think Again (2014)
Making a Case for Marriage: Thinking About Divorce? Think Again
Part of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop’s National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage
All engaged couples approach their marriage with the hope and the expectation that it will last. No one wants to divorce. In some cases, divorce is the only option, for example, when one’s health and well-being are threatened by a spouse’s abusive behavior. In other cases, however, troubled couples need encouragement and resources to try to save their marriage. They may see divorce as their only choice because they do not know that help is available. These couples may benefit from counseling, marriage enrichment and education programs, or programs for troubled marriages such as Retrouvaille, The Third Option and others.